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JUNE 25, 2013

Audi’s e-gas plant. Audi has opened its e-gas plant in Werlte, making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers. The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert 6MW of input power, utilizes renewable electricity for electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Audi AG has opened its new Audi R&D Center Asia in Beijing, China. The center is part of Audi’s global R&D and will closely cooperate with the development departments of FAW-Volkswagen. The head of the Audi R&D Center Asia is Lorenz Fuehrlinger. compared to the previous year.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Distance to 2012 target by individual manufacturer. Based on emission levels recorded in vehicle tests, car registration data analyzed by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in the report “CO 2 emissions performance of car manufacturers in 2012” shows that in 2012 all major car manufacturers met their targets for their fleet.

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JANUARY 8, 2013

Audi AG unveiled the 2013 Audi A3 with 4G LTE wireless connectivity powered by the second-generation Gobi multi-mode 3G/4G LTE chipset (MDM9215) from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., As a highlight, we will soon be offering a fully integrated LTE link for our Audi connect services in the new Audi A3 in 2013.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

Audi is celebrating progress on its e-gas plant under construction in Werlte, Germany with a topping-out ceremony. End products from the plant will be hydrogen and synthetic methane (Audi e-gas), to be used as fuel for vehicles such as the new Audi A3 Sportback TCNG. Ground was broken in September 2012. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 22, 2016

Audi unveiled its redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for the 2016 World Endurance Championship (WEC) season. As a result, Audi’s LMP1 sports car is more powerful and more efficient than its predecessor; the new R18 consumes less fuel than any of the generations before it. Wolfgang Ullrich, Head of Audi Motorsport.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV concept, which made its formal debut at IAA in Frankfurt ( earlier post ), is a strong indicator of Audi’s series-production electric SUV due in 2018—especially in terms of the powertrain. Audi has several development models already on the road. Audi's MLB.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The event, which was originally scheduled to take place on 6–7 March , will bring together experts and leaders from the automotive industry, standards developing organizations (SDOs), research and development institutes, the ICT community, and academia, as well as other stakeholders involved in the creation of the next generation of automobiles.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Based on emission levels recorded in vehicle tests, car registration data analyzed by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in the report “CO 2 emissions performance of car manufacturers in 2012” earlier this year showed that in 2012 all major car manufacturers met their targets for their fleet. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

Our goal is to play a decisive role in shaping the transformation of the automobile. He was appointed Board Member for Engineering at Bentley in 2003 before taking over as Managing Director of the German Association of the Automotive Industry in 2012. He began his career at Audi in Ingolstadt in 1987.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

Schaeffler and Compact Dynamics have been working together for a number of years, among other things, on the development of the electric drive for the Audi ABT Schaeffler Team in the FIA Formula E electric racing series. Both contract partners want to cooperate on the development of electric drives for automobile applications.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

The new Pike Pulse Report: Clean Diesel Vehicles from Pike Research ranks the Volkswagen Group as the leader in this market, due to the efforts of the Volkswagen and Audi brands. million diesel passenger cars sold in 2011, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. million in 2012 to 12 million.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

At the Nanjing and Chengdu plants, production is to be boosted to between 300,000 and 350,000 units in each case by 2012. From 2012, three new models are set to leave the production lines at Nanjing and two at Chengdu. "In The investments are to be financed from the cash flow of the Chinese joint venture companies. billion (US$1.9

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JUNE 26, 2014

In addition to collecting seven International Engine of the Year awards in three years—including Best New Engine in 2012—the 1.0-liter liter category, Audi won with the 2.5-liter, liter to 2.0-liter liter category, Mercedes-Benz won with the Mercedes-AMG 2-liter turbo—this engine’s first win. liter to 2.5-liter

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JULY 2, 2012

Conventional automobiles of today are partly electric in their own way, with most systems in the vehicle having electrical and electronic connections for better functionality. Vehicle electrification is not limited to hybrid or electric drive. But will the benefits also outweigh the costs, is the crucial question. —Prana Natarajan.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers) and the European Automobile Manufacturing Association (ACEA) proposed the Combined Charging System (CCS) standard in 2011. CCS combines the existing J1772 standard connection for Level 1 or Level 2 AC-powered EV charging with a two-pin connector for up to 350MW of DC-powered fast charging.

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JUNE 12, 2015

Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium-term regulatory requirements (e.g., Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium-term regulatory requirements (e.g., Audi’s basic goal is to combine renewable energy (e.g.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Audi presented a range of its ongoing work on electromobility and efficiency—from fuels and systems to full vehicles—under the “Future Performance Days 2015” banner. On the full vehicle side, Audi put forward the Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0 On the full vehicle side, Audi put forward the Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0

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JULY 8, 2015

Geely’s CRI investment and work with renewable methanol is similar to the approach Audi is taking with its own e-fuels projects—producing very low carbon liquid or gaseous fuels using only renewable energy, water and CO 2. This is an important symbol of Geely Group’s global commitment to sustainability. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Until recently, the four main modular toolkits (modularen Baukästen) of the Group were: the MQB (transverse, driven by the Volkswagen brand); the MLB (longitudinal, driven by the Audi brand); the MSB (standard drive, driven by Porsche); and the NSF (New Small Family). Earlier post.) This will provide support for an ecosystem of services.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The European Commission put in place emissions standards starting in 2012. It does not make sense to align our standards to a market that has weak voluntary standards and does not produce automobiles. Dean Sheed, General Manager, Audi NZ. This will make it more difficult for New Zealand importers to source the cleanest vehicles.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

The production version of Audi’s battery electric e-tron quattro SUV ( earlier post ), due out in 2018, is an important vehicle for the brand, and especially for Audi of America, which is driving many of the requirements for the C-segment electric SUV. plug-in hybrid or full electric—models by 2025. Earlier post. ).

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OCTOBER 12, 2013

million vehicles to customers; deliveries for the same period in 2012 were 6.71 rise in deliveries, with the Group handing over 856,900 units, compared to 801,200 in September 2012. million in 2012. from 479,000 in 2012, of which 226,100 (-3.7%) were handed over in Russia, the region’s largest single market.

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JULY 21, 2014

As the number two OEM in the automobile business in the world, it only makes sense for us if we see a certain volume behind it. Beginning in 2012, the pre-series center for the e-Golf was situated there. Soeren Hinze, Volkswagen Electric-Traction (EL) Technical Development. (Dr. Volkswagen is electrifying all vehicle classes.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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